Year of the Lion
We’re a global organization of active men and women, and it shows in our calendar. Each year, we seek to make a greater global impact than the year before. One way we do this is by participating in critical, long-standing events, and by adding new ones throughout the years.
May 2021
Strengthen Membership Month
May
- First Vice District Governor/District Governor-Elect Seminar (Days 1-3) – Weekly Virtual Meetings
May 1
- GAT District Funding submissions due
- Application deadline for consideration in August 2021 by the LCIF Board of Trustees and the SightFirst Advisory Committees for Childhood Cancer, Diabetes, Hunger, Matching, Lions Quest and SightFirst grants (Final submission deadline subject to finalization of the board and committee meeting dates. Contact LCIF for confirmation.)
May 4
- Executive Committee meeting (Virtual)
May 14-16
- Advanced Lions Leadership Institutes in Atlanta, GA, USA
May 15
- Officer Reporting Form (PU101) filings due
- New Voices final nominations due for fourth quarter recognition
May 18-25
- LCIF Board of Trustees and Lions Quest Advisory Committee meetings (Virtual)
May 28-30
- Advanced Lions Leadership Institute in Rome, Italy
June 2021
June 1
- Helen Keller Day
June 1-15
- First Vice District Governor/District Governor-Elect Seminar (Days 1-3) – Weekly Virtual Meetings
June 7
- Lions Clubs International birthday
June 13-16
- International Board of Directors meeting (Atlanta, Georgia)
June 15
- Pre-certified delegate form submission due for voting at International Convention
June 25
June 25-29
- 103rd Lions Clubs International Convention (Virtual LCICon 2021)
June 30
- Last day to submit district goals for first vice district governor/district governor elects.
- July 2020
- July 1
- 2020-2021 Leo Leadership Grant Program applications open for Lions districts and multiple districts
- Kindness Matters Service Award launch
- Final day to report Lions service activities for fiscal year 2020 – 2021
- August 2020
- August 12
- International Youth Day
- LCIF New Trustee Orientation (Virtual)
- LCIF Board of Trustees Meeting (Virtual)
- Leo Club Program Advisory Panel nominations due
- Leo Club Excellence Award applications due
- Club service chairperson Kindness Matters Service Award nominations due to the District GST coordinator
- Top Ten Youth Camps and Exchange Chairperson nominations due to Lions Clubs International
- Final day to submit Club and District Team Excellence Awards nominations
- Final day to submit Presidential Zone and Region Chairperson Awards nominations
- September 2020
-
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
September 15- District GST coordinator Kindness Matters Service Award nominations due to the multiple district GST coordinator
- October 2020
-
Vision Awareness Month
October 1
Lions Membership Growth Month
Leo Membership Growth Month- Peace Poster Contest kits purchasing deadline from the Lions International Shop
- World Sight Day
- International Board of Directors Meeting (Virtual)
- Matching, Diabetes, Hunger, Childhood Cancer, SightFirst, and Lions Quest grants application submission deadline for consideration in January 2021 by the LCIF Board of Trustees and the Lions Quest and SightFirst Advisory Committees
- United Nations Day
- Lions Day with the United Nations (Vienna, Austria)
- OSEAL forum (Jeju City, Republic of Korea)
- New Voices nominations due for first quarter recognition
- Multiple district GST Kindness Matters Service Award nomination due to Lions Clubs International
- November 2020
-
Diabetes Awareness Month
November 1- International Leo Day Video Contest submissions due
- CA III Faculty Development Institute (FDI) application due (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
- World Diabetes Day
- Postmark deadline for a club to send one winning Peace Poster (per contest) to the district governor
- Leo October Membership Growth Award nominations due
- CA V Lions Certified Instructor Program (LCIP) application due (Taichung, Taiwan)
- December 2020
- December 1
- Postmark deadline for a district governor to send their one winning Peace Poster and/or Peace Essay to the multiple district council chairperson. A district not belonging to a multiple district must send their one Peace Poster and/or one Peace Essay directly to Brand & Creative at Lions Clubs International Headquarters.
- International Leo Day
- ISAME forum (Dhaka, Bangladesh)
- Postmark deadline for multiple district council chairpersons to send their one winning Peace Poster and/or Peace Essay to Brand & Creative at Lions Clubs International
- January 2021
-
Hunger Awareness Month
January 8- Application deadlines for Faculty Development Institutes to be held in Kunming, Yunnan, China and Seoul, Korea on April 8-10, 2021
- Application deadline for the Advanced Lions Leadership Institute to be held in Nelson, New Zealand on April 9-11, 2021
- Executive Committee meeting (Oak Brook, IL, USA) (Virtual)
- Melvin Jones’ birthday
- LCIF Board of Trustees meeting (Oak Brook, Illinois, USA) (Virtual)
- Peace Poster Kits go on sale in the Lions International Shop
- New Voices nominations due for second quarter recognition
- Application deadlines for the Advanced Lions Leadership Institute to be held in Lome, Togo and the Faculty Development Institutes to be held in Porto, Portugal and Sydney, Australia on April 16-18, 2021
- FOLAC Forum (Bucaramanga, Columbia) (Virtual)
- Application deadlines for the Faculty Development Institute to be held in Quito, Ecuador and the Advanced Lions Leadership Institute to be held in Pune, India on April 30 - May 2, 2021
- February 2021
-
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
February 1
- Application deadline for consideration in May 2021 by the LCIF Board of Trustees and the Lions Quest Advisory Committee for Childhood Cancer, Diabetes, Hunger, Matching and Lions Quest grants. Final submission deadline subject to finalization of the board meeting dates. Contact LCIF for confirmation)
February 15
- International Childhood Cancer Day
February 21
- Application deadlines for the Faculty Development Institutes to be held in Tampere, Finland and Stockholm, Sweden on May 22-24, 2021
February 22
- Application deadline for the Advanced Lions Leadership Institute to be held in Mombasa, Kenya on May 23-25, 2021
February 26
- Last day for early discount on convention registration fees
- March 2021
- March 1
- Leos of the Year Award nominations due
- New Voices nominations due for third quarter recognition
- Advanced Lions Leadership Institute in Taichung, China Taiwan
- Last day for regular convention registration fees
- Deadline to register for the Africa Lions Summit on April 8-10 (Virtual)
- April 2021
-
Environmental Awareness Month
Family & Friends Month
Leo Club Awareness MonthApril- First Vice District Governor/District Governor-Elect Seminar (Days 1-3) – Weekly Virtual Meetings
- Africa Lions Summit (Virtual)
- Faculty Development Institutes in Seoul, Korea
- Advanced Lions Leadership Institute in Nelson, New Zealand
- Lions Day on Capitol Hill: Washington DC, USA (Virtual)
- International Board of Directors meeting (Virtual)
- Advanced Lions Leadership Institute in Lome, Togo and Faculty Development Institutes in Sydney, Australia
- Earth Day
- Lions Worldwide Induction Day
